This collection of 13 photos \u2013 including a cover shot \u2013 was the collaborative effort of David Townsend, Purchasing Services\u2019s manager of marketing and communications; Allen Scott, graphic artist in The Print Shop and Patti Harper, head of Archives.<\/p>\n
\u201cPutting the CU75 calendar together took a month and a half,\u201d said Townsend. \u201cGetting a chance to look at old photos of Carleton was a very interesting exercise.\u201d Both Townsend and Scott worked hard to ensure the photos were sorted by season as well as by era. By the time we get to the end of the calendar, the photos are more recent. The month of November features a unique faculty and staff photo arranged in the letters \u201cC\u201d and \u201cU\u201d taken during a rained-out Employee Appreciation Day in 2005.<\/p>\n
The story\u00a0behind the photos<\/h2>\n
There are interesting stories behind the selected photos.<\/p>\n
For instance, the month of July features three students (believed to be a brother and sister and a friend) taking their canoe out of the canal. \u201cYou may not believe me, but students actually canoed to Carleton \u2013 it was a valid form of transportation to school,\u201d shares Harper.<\/p>\n
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The August photo, taken in 1952 features the Carleton Band in uniform. While they may be wearing band attire, Harper points out that during this post-Second World War era, it was not unusual for students \u2013 who were also veterans \u2013 to continue wearing their military uniform as their everyday clothing. While not captured in the photo, students often wore their military-issued garters worn just above their shoe.<\/p>\n
The September photo features a typical lecture in the Tory \u201cEgg\u201d theatre. \u00a0\u201cWhen I host campus tours during Homecoming weekend, this room evokes the most memories for our alumni,\u201d notes Harper. \u201cThe Egg looks the same today as it did back in 1974.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carleton was not always located where it is today. The January photo, featuring St. Patrick\u2019s College in 1969, was first operated by the University of Ottawa. At that time, priests taught the Social Work program. Carleton purchased the building in 1972 and absorbed the social work program and the teaching staff from the crosstown university.<\/p>\n
Documenting the earliest moments of the Rideau River Campus<\/h2>\n
The cover photo of the calendar documents the groundbreaking of our current location \u2013 then known as the Rideau River Campus \u2013 in 1957. While Harper is unsure of the identity of the people in the picture, they were members of the Crimson Key \u2013 a Carleton student group back then. Two years after this sod turning ceremony, Carleton University opened with its original three buildings: Paterson, Tory and MacOdrum Library. The \u201cquad\u201d was always a part of this space, notes Harper.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really glad we were able to put this calendar together and provide a space for these important historical photos to be featured. We can all learn from our past, and bring that sense of community to the forefront through art history,\u201d shares Harper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new year brings new things: new goals, renewed hope and some resolutions. But there are also the smaller, simpler things like starting the year fresh with a brand new diary, journal or notebook and a calendar. At Carleton, all faculty and staff receive a new calendar each year and it\u2019s always exciting to discover […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[45,46,41],"yoast_head":"\n